Armey: Clinton, Gingrich affair 'bond'

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey claims Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich developed a “bond” over the affairs they had in office, swapping stories over wine and cigars.

“Clinton found out about the Gingrich affair and called Newt over to the White House for a private meeting between the two of them,” Armey said in an interview with the World Magazine posted Thursday.

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“Clinton said, ‘You and I are alike.’ Which meant, shut up about Monica or I'll start telling your story,” Armey said. “Newt and Clinton actually developed sort of a bond over it.”

Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House, attacked the former Democratic president for his affair with Monica Lewinsky and was later exposed as having had his own affair at the time.

“They had many meetings that we didn't know about where they'd drink wine and smoke cigars and talk about their girlfriends,” said Armey, now head of conservative group FreedomWorks. “It's fascinating; why would you confess to your mortal enemy what you wouldn't tell your closest friends?”

Responding to the allegation, Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler said simply, “It’s not true.”